Thought of E, but is there a greater chance of the single dit getting lost?

My call ends in E, and I know that it is frequently dropped in marginal conditions. It is short which might matter if all you care about is rate, rate, rate, but more realistically it would be better to have dashes, or dashes and a dit. e.g. M, O, K.

IME the most easily busted callsign I've heard in recent tests, is EE5E. Those guys were very proud of their "shortest call".

I like tinkering with call signs in search of a perfect one. It appears CW is your first choice as far as modes, then you might consider the morse weight and yet not confusing to the ear. I like "M" but my first choice would be the letter "A". Coming off a "1" (dit-dah-dah-dah-dah) you might want to break it up a little and the "A" would be my first choice. That's my opinion. Practice sending the different calls to see which one you'd like to hear and present less of a chance of confusion.

On the main page, lower right side is a box entitled "Choosing a New Call Sign..."... check out this helpful article by Anthony Luscre, K8ZT... within the article "I have created a spread sheet that you can download and use"

FIleName: CallSpread.XLS

Once downloaded, it's a small Excel worksheet that you can use forever!

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Unless you're CT1BOH who obsesses over every dit and operates from QTHs that make him very loud in the USA and Europe, I would choose Z. It is wonderfully semi-symmetric and the phonetic "Sulu" is especially unique-sounding on phone.

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